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title: 'Silicon Florist links arrangement for May 15, 2026'
date: '2026-05-15T12:05:26-07:00'
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# Silicon Florist links arrangement for May 15, 2026

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

[The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born](https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-old-world-of-tech-is-dying/)
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From an individual perspective, switching your worldview or mental model on a problem or topic can feel revelatory. “This changes everything!” But the world hasn’t changed. All that changed is how you understand it.

[Confidential Draft Recommendations From Kotek’s Prosperity Council Suggest Tax Cuts and Reforms](https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2026/05/14/confidential-draft-recommendations-from-koteks-prosperity-council-suggest-tax-cuts-and-reforms/?utm_source=Master+Audience&utm_campaign=95e4c8b8c3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_12_05_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-95e4c8b8c3-87983696&mc_cid=95e4c8b8c3&mc_eid=a0f38241c7)
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Oregon Journalism Project has obtained a confidential draft of the 16-member panel’s calls for action, and that draft proposes significant changes to Oregon’s tax system, which the document calls an unbalanced “one-and-a-half legged stool,” overly reliant on income taxes and a distorted property tax system and lacking a sales tax.

[From “System of Record” to “System of Intelligence”](https://www.a16z.news/p/from-system-of-record-to-system-of?utm_source=tldrfounders)
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In the next decade, you want to own the system of intelligence that pulls from the system of record, becomes the user’s one-stop shop for gaining context and taking action, and turns the SoR into something that’s primarily consumed at the API layer.

[Silicon Valley’s Latest Binge-Watch Is a Humanoid Warehouse Worker – Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/figure-ai-turned-a-humanoid-sorting-packages-must-see-tv-2026-5)
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When asked about Figure AI’s livestream at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday night, Agility Robotics cofounder Jonathan Hurst replied: “Congratulations. We did that two years ago.” The Oregon-based startup has deployed its humanoid robot, Digit, with customers including Amazon, Schaeffler Group, and GXO, a logistics company.

More Portland startup news
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